Reposted Friday, May 7, 2010, due to video issues*.
Yohan Blake is one of the young sprinters, who trains under Coach Mills, with Usain Bolt and his training group. Blake will be competing on June 12 at the adidas Grand Prix, which will be held on Randalls Island at the Icahn Stadium. The facility is amazing, the feel of the meet is tremendous and the performances will be huge! Do not miss this one! For information on tickets, please check out www.adidasgrandprix.com.
The adidas Grand Prix is part of the IAAF Diamond League, part of an innovative collaboration between the Federation, sponsors, meet managers, athletes and athlete management to attract a global audience for the sport of athletics. The Diamond League will 14 events (13-one day, 1, two day) across the world, starting May 14 in Doha, Qatar, then, Shangha, China (May 23), Oslo (June 4), Rome (June 10), New York (June 12), Eugene, Oregon (July 3), Laussane (July 8), Gateshead (July 10), Paris (July 16), Monaco (July 22), Stockholm (August 6), London (August 13), Zurich (August 19) and ending with Brussels on August 27.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.
